Criminal Justice & Corrections at Western Nevada College

If you plan to study criminal justice & corrections, take a look at what Western Nevada College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WNC is located in Carson City, Nevada and has a total student population of 3,495.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Criminal Justice & Corrections section at the bottom of this page.

WNC Criminal Justice & Corrections Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice

WNC Criminal Justice & Corrections Rankings

Criminal Justice Student Demographics at WNC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the criminal justice majors at Western Nevada College.

WNC Criminal Justice & Corrections Associate’s Program

40% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of criminal justice associate's degrees went to men and 40% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in criminal justice at WNC are white. Around 60% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Nevada College with a associate's in criminal justice.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Criminal Justice & Corrections

The following criminal justice concentations are available at Western Nevada College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Nevada College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Criminal Justice	10

Careers That Criminal Justice Grads May Go Into

A degree in criminal justice can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NV, the home state for Western Nevada College.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Accountants and Auditors	8,430	$66,600
Managers	7,120	$102,060
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	5,120	$70,450
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3,130	$52,410
Correctional Officers and Jailers	2,680	$62,140

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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